Holiday fervor lights up Staunton's Sears Hill Bridge

Volunteers also see benefits to downtown businesses

10:01 PM,
Nov. 29, 2012

Sears Hill Bridge Christmas decorations on Wednesday.

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The volunteers who've been working to restore the Sears Hill Bridge were gathered to review their progress now that the main span is back up, when someone threw out the idea: Why not light it for the holidays.

"Linda Hanna said: 'I'm on it,' we all scrounged around and found lights and garlands no one was using, and now it's lit," said Staunton City Manager Steve Owen, referring to the owner of The Emporium, a key member of the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge fundraising effort.

"It's a way of celebrating how far we've come," Owen said. "A reminder that we're almost there." ...